Telephone-support



(No Model.)

F. e. HUGHES TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

No. 437,927. Patented Oct. 7, 1890.

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FRED o. IIUGHEs, oF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TELEPHONE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,927, dated October 7, 1890. Application filed May 19, 1890. Serial No. 352,283. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRED C. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Supports; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of telephone-supports in which the apparatus is movable.

The objects of my invention are to provide means for supporting the telephone apparatus, consisting of the back board, the handphone, the signaling apparatus, the transmitter, the battery, and the battery-box, and for changing the height of the apparatus to suit the stature of those using it, and also to permit of its being used either standing or sitting, and for maintaining at all times its-connection with the line and ground wires; and it consists in the means for supporting the telephone apparatus in such a manner that it can be easily moved up and down; in the means for arresting the movement and locking the instrument in place, and in the means for Inaintaining the connection between the line and ground wires ot' the line with the telephone at all times, and in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the several part-s, as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the carrier detached from the wall. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the catch through theline .ma in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents the supporting-panel, which may be a panel in the wall or a movable panel, which may be secured to the wall or other support at any convenient place.

B B are brackets, which are fastened to the panel A at the top and bottom of the panel to support the metallic rods C C, which are securely attached to the brackets by screws or other proper means. The telephone apparatus is supported and moves vertically on the metallic rods C C.

D is the telephone-carrier, on the outer face of which the back board of the telephone is attached by any convenient means.

E E are metallic brackets on the inner face at the top and bottom of the carrier, each of the upper ones being provided with a binding-post or other equivalent means of connection with the wires of the telephone.

e e are perforations through' the brackets E E for the passage of the rods C O, upon which they slide.

F F are broad metallic springs attached by i screws to the under side of the brackets E E at the top of the telephone-carrier, with the free outer end in close contact and bearing against the rods C C.

J J are binding-posts at the top of the rods C C for the reception and connection of the line and ground wires of the main line with the metallic rods C C.

The line-wire of the telephone is connected with the bracket E by the binding-post J on the same side of the telephone, and the ground-wire is connected with the bracket E by the binding-post J on that side of the telephone. The current of electricity on the line-wire passes from the wire through the binding-postJ to the metallic rod C, then to the metallic bracket E at the top of the carrier, thence through the line-wire of the telephone to the sounder, and then passes out through the ground wire to the metallic bracket E on that side of the telephone and through the rod C to the ground-wire of the main system. If by any means the connection between the bracket E and the rod C should be broken, the current would pass through the springs F F, which are always in contact with the rods C C to the bracket and then to the telephone. By these means the connection ot' the telephone with the line-wires is always maintained, whatever may be the height of the telephone apparatus on the rods, or whether it is moving or at rest.

G is a plate or bracket secure-d to the inner face of the carrier.

H is a lever pivoted to the plate G by the pivot g.

h is a cam at the outer end of the lever H in contact with the rod C when the telephone apparatus is at rest and locked in position.

I is a stop or catch, which is slotted verti- TOO cally to admit the passage of the rod C and the cam end of the lever H, which is pivoted in the slot by the pivot 2'.

L is a spring attached to the lower outside edge of the stop I, with its free end resting against the rod C. This spring restores the stop I to its normal position as soon as the handle K is relieved of the pressure necessary to release the catch from the rod.

In order to raise the telephone apparatus it is only necessary to put the hand under it and lift it up. A slight pressure either upward or downward onrrthe handle releases the catch and cam-lever from the rod and the telephone apparatustdrops down a short distance, when the rod is again caught by the cam on the lever and held until the pressure is renewed on the handle.

The brackets E E and the plate G may be attached directly to the back board of the apparatus which supports the hand-phone, the signaling apparatus, the transmitter, the battery and the battery-box.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination of the line and ground wires of a telephone-line with the metallic rods supporting the telephone apparatus, the metallic brackets attached to the telephone apparatus and sliding on the metallic supporting-rods, the line and ground wires of the telephone connected with the metallic brackets, the telephone apparatus consisting of the signalizing apparatus, transmitter, battery, battery-box, hand-phone, and back board, the cam-lever pivoted to the rear of the back board, and the catch surrounding the supporting-rod and pivoted to the cam-lever, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of the line and ground Wires of a telephone-line with the metallic rods C C, connected thereto, the metallic brackets E E, attached to the back board of a telephone apparatus, and the metallic springs attached to the metallic brackets and resting 011 the metallic rods, all substantially as described.

8. The combination of the carrier sliding on the rods attached to the Wall with the cam-lever pivoted to the carrier and to the catch, and the catch surrounding the rod on which the carrier slides, all substantially as described.

4. The combination of the catch surrounding the rod with the spring attached to the catch and resting against the rod, and the cam-lever, all substantially as described.

FRED O. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. N oBLE, M. E. HUNT. 

